few_shots: Example:
Problem/activity:
Task
Cruz and Erica were both getting ready for soccer.
Cruz ran 1 lap around the school.
Erica ran 3 laps around the playground.
Erica said,
I ran more laps, so I ran farther.
Cruz said,
4 laps around the school is 1 mile, but it takes 12 laps around the playground to go 1 mile. My laps are much longer, so I ran farther.
Who is right? Draw a picture to help you explain your answer.


Mathematical concept/skill options: 
A. Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers.
Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100.
B. Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering.
Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100.
C. Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions.
D. Develop Understanding of fractions as numbers.
Grade 3 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8.
E. Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions.
F. Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions.
Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100.


Thought: In this problem, students learn to recognize equivalent fractions. That is, three laps around the playground is 3/12 mile, which is equivalent to 1/4, which is one lap around the school.
Answer: B

Now, assign the following problem or activity to one or more relevant mathematical concepts/skills it teaches.
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options: Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit.

Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units.

Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category.

Geometric measurement: understand concepts of angle and measure angles.

Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition.

Geometric measurement: recognize perimeter as an attribute of plane figures and distinguish between linear and area measures.

Describe and compare measurable attributes.

Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system.

Measure and estimate lengths in standard units.

Relate addition and subtraction to length.

Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects.

Tell and write time.

Represent and interpret data.

Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition.

Work with time and money.
problem_activity: Narrative
The purpose of this activity is for students to create a connecting cube tower that is the same length as a given image. In the activity synthesis, students transition from describing the length of an object by comparing it to another object ("The earthworm is the same length as a tower of 8 cubes.") to describing the length of an object as a measurement ("The earthworm is 8 cubes long.").
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Connecting cubes
Materials to Copy
Lengths of Creepy, Crawly Things
Launch
Groups of 2
Give each student connecting cubes and a copy of the blackline master.
Activity
“We just saw a picture that showed a pencil that was the same length as the purple tower. Use connecting cubes to build a tower that is the same length as each creepy, crawly thing.”
10 minutes: partner work time
Monitor for students who carefully line up the cubes with the endpoints of the images.
Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
Invite previously identified students to share.
Display the image of the caterpillar.
“How did you measure the caterpillar?” (I lined the first cube up with the end of the caterpillar. Then I added cubes until I got all the way to the other end of the caterpillar.)
“Since the tower of 4 cubes is the same length as the caterpillar and each cube has the same length, we can say the caterpillar is 4 cubes long.”
For each animal, invite students to say, “The ______ is ___ cubes long.”


correct_option_index: 1